Brockton or Brocton, Staffordshire
Historical Description
Brockton or Brocton, a township in Baswich parish, Staffordshire, adjacent to the Staffordshire Canal, 4 miles SE of Stafford. Acreage, 2341; population, 212. It has a station (Milford and Brocton) on the L. & N.W.R. Brockton Hall and Brockton Lodge are the chief residences.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Staffordshire | |
Civil parish | Baswich | |
Hundred | Cuttlestone | |
Poor Law union | Stafford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of Holy Trinity, Baswich, dates from the year 1601.
Churches
Church of England
Brocton Mission Church
The mission church of brick was erected about 1890 and will seat 100 persons.
Methodist
Primitive Methodist Chapel
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Brockton or Brocton from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Brockton or Brocton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)